The number of mortgage applications given the green light increased by 6,131 from March to April, the biggest jump in six years and a early sign that the UK housing market is bouncing back after a muted six months and disruption caused by the general election. New data from the Bank of England showed that […]
There is not an issue facing Metro Vancouver more multifaceted and complex than the cost of housing, a fact vividly illustrated by the current debate enveloping the topic here. Recently, the mayor of Vancouver appealed to the province to introduce tax measures aimed at cooling off a red-hot real estate market, which has become increasingly […]
Real estate in the U.K. is reaching boiling point. “There are still opportunities in commercial real estate, but it is incredibly hot out there,” Mat Oakley, head of commercial research at Savills, said on Tuesday to a suited group of industry participants in central London. U.K. property markets are booming amid a rush of foreign […]
How legal marijuana biz is boosting Denver’s Housing market !!! Denver’s housing market is on fire. Home prices have shot up by double-digits, inventory has fallen dramatically and multiple offers with bidding wars have become common. One factor driving the demand: pot. The budding industry has impacted home prices since the state legalized marijuana in […]
Taiwan’s long-bubbly property prices appear headed for a correction, but it doesn’t look like bargain hunters will fill the breach. “Quite a number of buyers want to sell…(and) speculators have left the market already,” said Cliff So, executive director at REPro Knight Frank, a property agency in Taiwan. It’s quite a shift for what had […]
A LEADING authority on the world economy has warned that Australia’s inflated housing market is at risk of a “sharp correction”. While the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, was forecasting a three per cent growth in our economy next year, thanks to a rise in investment in the non-mining sector and exports, it feared […]
Nearly four out of 10 homes were sold without the need for a mortgage in the first quarter of the year – a record high, the Nationwide has said. The building society – the UK’s second biggest mortgage lender – said that 38% of properties were sold to cash buyers.It said that low interest rates […]
Colliers Strategically Positioned as a Leading Global, Publicly Traded Commercial Real Estate Firm Operating in 67 Countries TORONTO and SEATTLE, June 1, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Colliers International Group Inc. (Nasdaq:CIGI) (TSX:CIG) and FirstService Corporation (Nasdaq:FSV) and (TSX:FSV) today announced the completion of their separation into two independent, publicly traded companies – Colliers International Group […]
Chinese UHNWIs are exploring Australian investment opportunities and their investment strategies are far ranging. According to the latest Knight Frank report, Australia has recorded exponential growth in investment over the past few years, culminating in just over $4 billion invested into the country by Chinese investors in 2014, across both commercial and development sites. Knight […]
The day after the election, the capital’s luxury flat market soared, as the global elite rushed to buy a piece of ‘real’ London life. Here, long-term residents and estate agents in one of Britain’s poorest inner-city boroughs count the cost. In the hours after the Conservatives won a majority at the general election, London estate […]
